where chrysler's adding more than 1,000 new jobs on a second shift. not in china. right here in ohio. >> reporter: it paid off for him. a two-point lead in ohio polls. >> compaes hired more workers in october than at any time in the last eight months. >> reporter: it's the last jobs report before the vote. 7.9% unemployment, slightly worse. 171,000 new jobs, better than expected but not great. >> 700,000 is really where we want to be. relative to where we were last spring this is much better. >> reporter: the president went to springfield, ohio taking on more that he says is better. >> housing starts are on the rise. we're less dependent on foreign oil than any time in the last 40 years. >> reporter: on his way to ohio romney stopped in wisconsin, where he's polling five points behind. >> candidate obama prochls promised to do so very much but he's fall zone very short. >> reporter: he said the president pledged unemployment down to 5% by now. >> today we learned it's actually 7.9%. and that's 9 million jobs short of what he promised. unemployment is higher today t